The life, travels, and literary career of Bayard Taylor . ogued in his mind, Avhilethe varied views of mountain, vale, forest, bay, andsea were engraved upon his memory. By his goodnature and kindly regard for the welfare of the Loo-Choo natives when they met, he contributed not alittle toward the safety and success of the explorationin that island. From Loo-Choo the fleet sailed to the Bonin Islands,where a harbor suitable for a depot of supplies wasfound and land purchased by the Commodore forjTovernment buildincfs should his choice of a harbor beconfirmed. The ships returned to Loo-Choo and
The life, travels, and literary career of Bayard Taylor . ogued in his mind, Avhilethe varied views of mountain, vale, forest, bay, andsea were engraved upon his memory. By his goodnature and kindly regard for the welfare of the Loo-Choo natives when they met, he contributed not alittle toward the safety and success of the explorationin that island. From Loo-Choo the fleet sailed to the Bonin Islands,where a harbor suitable for a depot of supplies wasfound and land purchased by the Commodore forjTovernment buildincfs should his choice of a harbor beconfirmed. The ships returned to Loo-Choo and pro-ceeded directly to the bay of Yeddo in Japan. For two hundred years that important nation hadpreserved its exclusiveness, and had become almost asunknown to the western nations as an undiscoveredcontinent. Almost every commercial nation had, fromtime to time, attempted to secure a footing for a trad-ing-post or a harbor for their vessels. In everyinstance they had failed, and the civilized world hadlooked upon Japan as a countrj^ scaled beyond hope. IN JAPAN. 237 of breaking. It must have appeared to every one,jncluding the Commodore himself, that the under-taking in which he was engaged was an especially diffi-cult enterprise. How could he hope to succeed whereEngland, Portugal, Holland, Italy, and Eussia hadfiiiled? Yet he succeeded beyond anything the mosthopeful had desired; and as a result of his expeditiona mighty nation and a fertile country were restored tothe family of nations. In that expedition Mr. Taylor took a deep interest,and w^th great enthusiasm wrote letters to his homedescriptive of Fusiyama, Kanagawa, and the sceneryaround Yeddo Bay. During the long delay made bythe Japanese authorities, to impress the Commodorewith their dignity, he was engaged with eye and earand pen in the service of his country. With the devo-tion which marked all his undertakings, he notedeverything which passed under his scrunity, in orderthat the Commodore might be informed of ev
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